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Show Fire Chief J. K. Piercey To Seek Commission Post "My experience qualifies me to fill such a need and to provide effective and efficient administration adminis-tration of city government. Chief Piercey has long been active in civic affairs. In 1947 he won the Civic Service Award of the Fraternal Order of Eagles and in 1956 he won a Heims Athletic Ath-letic Foundation award for outstanding out-standing contributions to youth welfare. Also in 1956 he won the Hot Stove League award for "Meritorious Service to Baseball." Base-ball." His activities in the field of fire protection include Presidency Presi-dency of the Pacific Coast Inter-mountain Inter-mountain Association of Fire Chiefs in 1955 and directorship of the same association in 1952 and 1956. He is president of the Utah State Fireman's Association. Associa-tion. Chief Piercey has been a member of the board of trustees of the state association for the past 25 years. Two other candidates have announced an-nounced their intentions of seek-in seek-in 2 office in the forthcoming mu- 0 nicipal elections. They are Ray S.r Deighton, Salt Lake realtor, who has announced he will run for mayor, and Wallace A. Peterson, Peter-son, Salt Lake businessman and I member of the Utah House of Representatives, who is seeking a commission post. The three members of the commission com-mission whose terms expire are expected to seek reelection. They are Mayor Adiel F. Stewart and Commissioners L. C. Romney and Grant M. Burbidge. CHIEF J. K. PIERCEY Veteran Salt Lake City Fire Chief J. K. Piercey this week announced his candidacy for the Salt Lake City Commission. Chief Piercey, who has served in his present post for 16 years, said he was prompted to become a candidate by a belief that there "is a definite need for more positive posi-tive action in administrative affairs af-fairs of the city." Continuing, Chief Piercey said, |